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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Happy New Year!</span><span class="x_Apple-converted-space x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">India welcomes 2024 with the successful launch of</span><span class="x_Apple-converted-space x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat), the second global polarimetric observatory after NASA's IXPE in 2021. Congratulations to all scientists at ISRO for the successful launch of XPoSat.
It was launched from Sriharikota spaceport in India at 09:10 local time (03:40GMT) on 1st January 2024.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">XPoSat stands at the forefront of space and astronomical exploration and will benefit the global scientific community. It follows on the success of
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">6 startups and academic institutions are flying their payloads on the PSLV Orbital Experiment Platform (POEM) , which is carrying 10 payloads in total. One of the experiments of the PSLV Orbital
Experiment Platform (POEM) is Women Engineered Satellite (WESAT), developed by a team of 42 women students in collaboration with their teachers Dr. Sumithra and Dr. Reshmi at LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala</span><span class="x_Apple-converted-space x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">It is important to thank all women scientists who took India into space (from India’s Mars mission to Moon mission to Sun mission)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">The launch of XPoSat builds upon the excellent work of ISRO in 2023 - Chandrayaan, Aditya-L1, Gaganyaan: The year India reached the Moon - and aimed for the Sun</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">has several missions including Mangalyaan 2 (Mars), Shukrayaan 1 (Venus), Gaganyaan lined up for 2024. Details at</span><span class="x_Apple-converted-space x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">From humble beginnings in sheds (the equipments were carried in a bicycle and a bullock cart!) to becoming the first country to land near the South Pole on the Moon, to missions to Mars ,
India's space journey is an epic tale of ingenuity and resourcefulness.</span><span class="x_Apple-converted-space x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">India’s space mission will inspire millions of students from all over the world (including students from economically poor backgrounds in the Global South) to STEM education and space science
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">India’s idea of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ is resonating across the world. This human-centric approach has been welcomed by all. India’s space mission is also based on this principle.
India’s success belongs to all of humanity.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I wish you all a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful, Productive and Prosperous New Year 2024.
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